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Russian
Etymology
полу- (polu-) + мрак (mrak)
Pronunciation
Noun
полумра́к • (polumrák) m inan (genitive полумра́ка, nominative plural полумра́ки, genitive plural полумра́ков)
- twilight, semi-darkness, shade
1901, Леонид Андреев , chapter II, in Ложь; English translation from William Henry Lowe, transl., The Lie, London: Francis Griffith, 1910:Се́рый, ро́вный, засты́вший полумра́к спуска́лся с тё́много не́ба, и я не знал, когда́ су́мерки перешли́ в ве́чер и ве́чер перешё́л в ночь, и ду́мал, что всё э́то была́ одна́ до́лгая ночь.- Séryj, róvnyj, zastývšij polumrák spuskálsja s tjómnovo néba, i ja ne znal, kogdá súmerki perešlí v véčer i véčer perešól v nočʹ, i dúmal, što vsjo éto bylá odná dólgaja nočʹ.
- The grey, uniform, frozen semi-darkness descended from the lightless sky, and I was not conscious of when the twilight passed into evening, and when the evening passed into night—to me it was all one long night.
Declension
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Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pôlumraːk/
- Hyphenation: по‧лу‧мрак
Noun
по̏лумра̄к m (Latin spelling pȍlumrāk)
- (uncountable) semidarkness, twilight
Declension